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VOLUME 31 ISSUE 37 CAMPUS CALENDAR See the best uvsc calendar on the planet at netXnewsM OREM WEATHER TODAY: PM Snow High 31 Low 6' TIN FRIDAY: i) Partly Cloudy High 23" Low 7" SATURDAY: Partly Cloudy High 44 Low 20 SOFTBALL SEASON IS HERE BEAUTY, GRACE, AMD A LITTLE LEG o EL BUEN PANO EN EL ARCA SE VENDE HUMS o I I .v i - i - ' ; ? ;"(..(. i : i ! - - - i . I-. r " - Kristy Millsr IseiIs m inexpersenceii team in US0's final JUCO season Paga 4 IfWff ff fiiid IlltfU ltihi'i& Ull IStfsf&tfiSjf ill ista ay Cs X KET IvtT.-S NeLXNews is your siudcnl produced news source For brcakine news and c;ilcnd;ir events visit NeiXNcws.net 71 ( . : INEWS BRIEF President Leads tribute to fallen astronauts (AP) Led by President George W. Bush, thousands of grieving space workers and their families, friends, neighbors and political leaders paid a solemn farewell Tuesday to the seven Columbia astronauts. "Their mission was almost complete and we lost them so close to home," Bush said. Bush bowed his head in mourning and first lady Laura Bush wiped tears as the men and women who perished in the space shuttle disaster were memorialized at the home of Mission Control. The shuttle broke up Saturday as it was returning to Earth. Homicide Chargesdropped in hiker's death (AP) A judge has dismissed child-abuse homicide charges in the death of a teenager died while hiking in a wilderness program last year. District Judge Donald Eyre issued an eight-pa-ge ruling Monday tossing out the homicide charges against WOW Developments, the parent company of Skyline Journeys, and Mark Wardle, a program manager for the group. "The youth camp was at all times adequately staffed by trained counselors. ... Skyline Journeys took many more precautions than those provided in similar youth programs," Eyre said. Eyre also noted that the 14-year-old Ian August, who resided in Austin, Texas, had passed a medical exam prior to enrolling in the program. Power Outage envelops Utah County (AP) An extensive power outage left more than 10,000 homes and businesses in central Utah without power for nearly an hour Tuesday morning. The outage darkened Utah Power's Spanish Fork substation, said Kimball Hansen spokesman for Utah Power. Hansen said the power was out in most of Utah County, as well as northern parts of Juab and Sanpete counties beginning at 1 1 a.m. on Tuesday. Power was restored by 11:48 a.m., he said. Utah Power crews are investigating the Spanish Fork substation trying to determine the cause of the outage. NetXNews.net Don't forget, you can see NetXNews broadcast daily on the campus monitors every hour on the hour. Visit our website at www.netxnews.net and get daily updates of campus happenings, calendar events, and campus life and even check your email or visit the - - UVSC home Are m m v 6 yd mm 0 n (Q) 2 Hi PetiT Johnson The traffic light is turning from yellow to red. You hit the gas and your car speeds through the intersection as your Wendy's five piece spills out of the bag and onto the passenger seat of your car. Processed chicken is now riding "shotgun." You pick up the nuggets as you spin around the roundabout on your way to the purple parking lot. The nuggets have collected lint from the seat like Velcro, but you eat them anyway. "I paid a dollar for that," is justification enough. Now what about your education? You paid over a SI, 000 for that, if you are a resident of the state of Utah, and approximately $3,500, if you are a non-resident. What are you getting for your money? Are you partaking of processed chicken and processed education? Tuition has been rising as UVSC seeks university status. Are we getting more for our money? The latest tuition hike generated $3.7 million. Linda Makin, Director of Budgets for UVSC, described how the school used the money to try to improve the quality of education for students. An investment of $1,510,000 was made for 26 new salaried faculty in various departments. Faculty who are paid a salary are usually involved in curriculum development and program evaluation and can be valuable to the college. Close to $1 million was spent to hire 14 new full-time faculty to teach courses that had high numbers of adjunct faculty. Speaking of adjunct faculty, Makin said, "We don't pay them to have responsibilities outside of the i l 1 '-- 'A 1 ill - ' , I w Courtney Echohv NetXNewi UVSC students Jared Cooiey and Dave Dickson stop to chat in between classes. Many students wonder why and how tuition costs continue to increase. Where does the money go? There is more than one way tuition can be raised. More staff was hired for advising, counseling, and other student services such as financial aid. $215,000 was used for library acquisition and to employ one new staff member. $250,000 was used for computer software and licensing. The number of students enrolled has been increasing yearly. This semester, about one thousand more than last signed up for classes. classroom." UVSC still employs quite a few adjunct faculty members. They were given a 67c pay increase that was sorely needed, according to Makin. "We pay our adjunct faculty terribly," she said. "They can go to BYU and get three to four times what we pay them, and that is not an exaggeration. That is very real." Staff members were hired in areas such as Human Resources to help with the increased number of faculty. 'Education" continued on pg. 3 Berlusconi says he supports a second U.N. resolution lsoi iiili'd Press Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has portrayed Italy as a top U.S. ally in the Iraq conflict, said Tuesday he hoped a second U.N. resolution would be passed to give "legitimacy" to any possible military strike against Baghdad. Fresh from a White House meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush, Berlusconi also gave a four-week time frame for a decision on whether war will be launched against Baghdad. "If there is an intervention, I hope that there would be a Security Council resolution that gives legitimacy to this intervention," Berlusconi told a press conference after meeting with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Durao Barroso. The United States has said it is prepared to act without a second U.N. resolution if necessary. Berlusconi said the United States had not asked Italy or Portugal for any direct military help in the event of a war. But he mentioned humanitarian assistance and logistical support as possible ways Italy could be called on to help. He stressed, however, that any such support would have to be approved by Parliament. Based on existing agreements, Italy has already opened its airspace to U.S. warplancs and has approved the use of its military bases for refueling and other technical needs U.S. forces might require. Berlusconi said it was up to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to decide whether war will be waged, saying U.N. resolutions require Iraq prove that it has destroyed all its weapons of mass destruction. To comment on the article email: netxnewsnetxnews.net NetNews News from the world wide web: NewxPolttics CNN.com Foxnews.com wsj.com nytimes.com netxnews.net christiansciencemonitor.com 'Entertainment: theonion.com eonline.com launch.yahoo.com moviefone.com allthetests.com 'Music Online: billboard.com liquidaudio.com hardcorejukebox.com Student helps: howtostudy.com makingcollegecount.com edu.com fastweb.com firetalk.com 'Sports: uvsc.eduathletes majorleaguebaseball.com nflfans.com nfltalk.com nhl.com espn.go.com nba.com wnba.com I320kfan.com New mandates track international students In Viiiii'hn l'lNsMil International students are now under stricter regulations that will help the Federal government track them more closely. The new mandates are intended to help monitor potential terrorism in America. All educational institutions in the U.S. are now required to enter all information on international students into the immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) database The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) enforce the new regulations and all colleges and universities are required to comply. ; , J - . v , T" ill, '" ' Courtney EcholsNetXNews International students are under scrutiny from the government. that an institution's information on international students, such as enrollment status, school transfer and visits outside of the United States, will be reported. SEVIS informs the INS of all of these activities effective Jan. 31, 2003. Failure to comply with the new federal mandates will jeopardize the ability of the international student to legally remain in the U.S. and could also "International" Continued On PQ. page. r

VOLUME 31 ISSUE 37 CAMPUS CALENDAR See the best uvsc calendar on the planet at netXnewsM OREM WEATHER TODAY: PM Snow High 31 Low 6' TIN FRIDAY: i) Partly Cloudy High 23" Low 7" SATURDAY: Partly Cloudy High 44 Low 20 SOFTBALL SEASON IS HERE BEAUTY, GRACE, AMD A LITTLE LEG o EL BUEN PANO EN EL ARCA SE VENDE HUMS o I I .v i - i - ' ; ? ;"(..(. i : i ! - - - i . I-. r " - Kristy Millsr IseiIs m inexpersenceii team in US0's final JUCO season Paga 4 IfWff ff fiiid IlltfU ltihi'i& Ull IStfsf&tfiSjf ill ista ay Cs X KET IvtT.-S NeLXNews is your siudcnl produced news source For brcakine news and c;ilcnd;ir events visit NeiXNcws.net 71 ( . : INEWS BRIEF President Leads tribute to fallen astronauts (AP) Led by President George W. Bush, thousands of grieving space workers and their families, friends, neighbors and political leaders paid a solemn farewell Tuesday to the seven Columbia astronauts. "Their mission was almost complete and we lost them so close to home," Bush said. Bush bowed his head in mourning and first lady Laura Bush wiped tears as the men and women who perished in the space shuttle disaster were memorialized at the home of Mission Control. The shuttle broke up Saturday as it was returning to Earth. Homicide Chargesdropped in hiker's death (AP) A judge has dismissed child-abuse homicide charges in the death of a teenager died while hiking in a wilderness program last year. District Judge Donald Eyre issued an eight-pa-ge ruling Monday tossing out the homicide charges against WOW Developments, the parent company of Skyline Journeys, and Mark Wardle, a program manager for the group. "The youth camp was at all times adequately staffed by trained counselors. ... Skyline Journeys took many more precautions than those provided in similar youth programs," Eyre said. Eyre also noted that the 14-year-old Ian August, who resided in Austin, Texas, had passed a medical exam prior to enrolling in the program. Power Outage envelops Utah County (AP) An extensive power outage left more than 10,000 homes and businesses in central Utah without power for nearly an hour Tuesday morning. The outage darkened Utah Power's Spanish Fork substation, said Kimball Hansen spokesman for Utah Power. Hansen said the power was out in most of Utah County, as well as northern parts of Juab and Sanpete counties beginning at 1 1 a.m. on Tuesday. Power was restored by 11:48 a.m., he said. Utah Power crews are investigating the Spanish Fork substation trying to determine the cause of the outage. NetXNews.net Don't forget, you can see NetXNews broadcast daily on the campus monitors every hour on the hour. Visit our website at www.netxnews.net and get daily updates of campus happenings, calendar events, and campus life and even check your email or visit the - - UVSC home Are m m v 6 yd mm 0 n (Q) 2 Hi PetiT Johnson The traffic light is turning from yellow to red. You hit the gas and your car speeds through the intersection as your Wendy's five piece spills out of the bag and onto the passenger seat of your car. Processed chicken is now riding "shotgun." You pick up the nuggets as you spin around the roundabout on your way to the purple parking lot. The nuggets have collected lint from the seat like Velcro, but you eat them anyway. "I paid a dollar for that," is justification enough. Now what about your education? You paid over a SI, 000 for that, if you are a resident of the state of Utah, and approximately $3,500, if you are a non-resident. What are you getting for your money? Are you partaking of processed chicken and processed education? Tuition has been rising as UVSC seeks university status. Are we getting more for our money? The latest tuition hike generated $3.7 million. Linda Makin, Director of Budgets for UVSC, described how the school used the money to try to improve the quality of education for students. An investment of $1,510,000 was made for 26 new salaried faculty in various departments. Faculty who are paid a salary are usually involved in curriculum development and program evaluation and can be valuable to the college. Close to $1 million was spent to hire 14 new full-time faculty to teach courses that had high numbers of adjunct faculty. Speaking of adjunct faculty, Makin said, "We don't pay them to have responsibilities outside of the i l 1 '-- 'A 1 ill - ' , I w Courtney Echohv NetXNewi UVSC students Jared Cooiey and Dave Dickson stop to chat in between classes. Many students wonder why and how tuition costs continue to increase. Where does the money go? There is more than one way tuition can be raised. More staff was hired for advising, counseling, and other student services such as financial aid. $215,000 was used for library acquisition and to employ one new staff member. $250,000 was used for computer software and licensing. The number of students enrolled has been increasing yearly. This semester, about one thousand more than last signed up for classes. classroom." UVSC still employs quite a few adjunct faculty members. They were given a 67c pay increase that was sorely needed, according to Makin. "We pay our adjunct faculty terribly," she said. "They can go to BYU and get three to four times what we pay them, and that is not an exaggeration. That is very real." Staff members were hired in areas such as Human Resources to help with the increased number of faculty. 'Education" continued on pg. 3 Berlusconi says he supports a second U.N. resolution lsoi iiili'd Press Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has portrayed Italy as a top U.S. ally in the Iraq conflict, said Tuesday he hoped a second U.N. resolution would be passed to give "legitimacy" to any possible military strike against Baghdad. Fresh from a White House meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush, Berlusconi also gave a four-week time frame for a decision on whether war will be launched against Baghdad. "If there is an intervention, I hope that there would be a Security Council resolution that gives legitimacy to this intervention," Berlusconi told a press conference after meeting with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Durao Barroso. The United States has said it is prepared to act without a second U.N. resolution if necessary. Berlusconi said the United States had not asked Italy or Portugal for any direct military help in the event of a war. But he mentioned humanitarian assistance and logistical support as possible ways Italy could be called on to help. He stressed, however, that any such support would have to be approved by Parliament. Based on existing agreements, Italy has already opened its airspace to U.S. warplancs and has approved the use of its military bases for refueling and other technical needs U.S. forces might require. Berlusconi said it was up to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to decide whether war will be waged, saying U.N. resolutions require Iraq prove that it has destroyed all its weapons of mass destruction. To comment on the article email: netxnewsnetxnews.net NetNews News from the world wide web: NewxPolttics CNN.com Foxnews.com wsj.com nytimes.com netxnews.net christiansciencemonitor.com 'Entertainment: theonion.com eonline.com launch.yahoo.com moviefone.com allthetests.com 'Music Online: billboard.com liquidaudio.com hardcorejukebox.com Student helps: howtostudy.com makingcollegecount.com edu.com fastweb.com firetalk.com 'Sports: uvsc.eduathletes majorleaguebaseball.com nflfans.com nfltalk.com nhl.com espn.go.com nba.com wnba.com I320kfan.com New mandates track international students In Viiiii'hn l'lNsMil International students are now under stricter regulations that will help the Federal government track them more closely. The new mandates are intended to help monitor potential terrorism in America. All educational institutions in the U.S. are now required to enter all information on international students into the immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) database The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) enforce the new regulations and all colleges and universities are required to comply. ; , J - . v , T" ill, '" ' Courtney EcholsNetXNews International students are under scrutiny from the government. that an institution's information on international students, such as enrollment status, school transfer and visits outside of the United States, will be reported. SEVIS informs the INS of all of these activities effective Jan. 31, 2003. Failure to comply with the new federal mandates will jeopardize the ability of the international student to legally remain in the U.S. and could also "International" Continued On PQ. page. r